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Pilot uninjured after plane makes emergency landing in Oglethorpe

A small plane made an emergency landing in a field in Oglethorpe County this afternoon after experiencing engine trouble, but the plane landed safely and the pilot was uninjured.

Emergency personnel were dispatched to the landing site off Dawson Road south of Winterville at about 1 p.m. The pilot was alone in the Cessna 180, which was a four-seater plane, according to Tim Beggerly, manager of Athens-Ben Epps Airport.

The plane departed from Clearwater, Fla., and had planned to land at the Athens airport, Beggerly said.

"His engine started running rough, and he tried to make it to the airport, but he was losing altitude too fast and he decided to land in a field," Beggerly said.